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3747501 - GSTR1 report shows credit notes as positive instead of negative values

Symptom

In the GSTR1 report, credit note transactions are displayed as positive values instead of negative amounts for the corresponding accounting documents.

Environment

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

Reproducing the Issue

1. Create a customer credit memo (document type DG).

2. Verify the accounting document postings:

  • Customer line item is posted as CREDIT.
  • Revenue and tax lines are posted as DEBIT.

3. Open the app Run Statutory Reports app.

4.Execute the GSTR1 report for the relevant period.

5.The credit note appears with a wrong value.

Cause

Accounting documents are posted without a valid invoice reference number, which is a mandatory field for proper data identification

Resolution

  1. Ensure that all accounting documents are posted with a valid invoice reference number.
  2. Verify that the invoice reference number is correctly maintained at the time of posting.
  3. Review existing documents and update missing or incorrect reference numbers.

Keywords

GSTR-1, credit memo, positive instead of negative, debit/credit indicator, Run Statutory Reports, GST India, FI-LOC-FI-IN-GST, statutory report, document type , KBA , FI-LOC-FI-IN-GST , Goods and Services Tax , Problem

Product

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition all versions